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Take Charge: Autonomy in Older Age

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How do we ensure we get the health care we want, and deserve, in later life? What are the obstacles to providing individualised medical care for older Australians? How can medical practitioners and families navigate the fraught ethical questions around diminished capacity? How can elderly people take charge, and remain in control, of the crucial decisions that shape their days towards the end of their lives?

For this conversation, we’re bringing together local and international experts from across the fields of medicine, social work and palliative care for a clear-eyed discussion of advanced planning and autonomy in later life. US geriatrician and oncologist Supriya Mohile, social worker and writer Melanie Joosten and palliative care activist Molly Carlile AM will discuss senior activism, cultural differences and patient-centred medical approaches. 

Join us for a frank and compassionate conversation about dignity and autonomy for older Australians.

This event will be Auslan interpreted.

Readings will be our bookseller at this event. 

Featuring

Ranjana Srivastava

Dr Ranjana Srivastava is an oncologist, Fulbright scholar and award-winning author. She is a Walkley Award finalist for her columns on medicine and humanity in the Guardian. Her honours include the Human Rights Literature Prize and a medal of the Order of Australia for her contribution the field of ... Read more

Sopriya Mohile

Supriya Gupta Mohile is a board-certified geriatrician and oncologist. She completed internship, residency and fellowships in hematology/oncology and geriatrics at University of Chicago Medical Center, where she also earned a Master’s degree in health outcomes research.   Mohile’s rese... Read more

Melanie Joosten

Melanie Joosten is a social worker and researcher, and the author of A Long Time Coming: Essays on Old Age. She works as a policy officer at the elder abuse service Seniors Rights Victoria. She is the author of the novels Gravity Well and Berlin Syndrome, and has been named a Sydney Morning Herald B... Read more

Molly Carlile

Molly Carlile AM has worked in the palliative care sector as a specialist clinician, leader and senior manager for over thirty years. She has received multiple national and international awards, is a published author, international speaker and advocate for improving community death literacy in order... Read more

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The Wheeler Centre

176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

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